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The VHPA Aviator

Newsletter Item Number: 999Newsletter610734
Pages
56
Media Type
Newsletter
Physical Location
Copyright Statement
©Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association. All rights reserved.
Language(s)
English
Collection
Vietnam Center Collection
Association
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

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Volume
36
Issue
01
The VHPA Aviator (Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)) - Newsletter - Citrus Heights, California
Publication
The VHPA Aviator
Publisher/Org.
Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
City
Citrus Heights, California
Country
United States
Frequency
Bi-Monthly
Type
Newsletter
General Note
2005- / Earlier Title: The VHPA Newsletter (1984-2004)
Dates
Publication: January/February 2017
General Note
FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE VHPA FROM John Shaffer


LETTERS:
From the VHPA staff at hq FROM Sherry Rodgers
From the President FROM John Shafer
Looking for surviving pilot FROM Jack Taber
I'm looking for information FROM David Dunlap
Long story short FROM Orrin M. Israel
Ketucky Aviation Museum seeks informatino on AH-1 FROM Carl Hallen
Looking for input from 161 AHC pilots (14th Aviation Battalion, 17th Combat Aviation Group, 1st Aviation Brigade FROM Tim Gallant
Hi I hope one or more of your members can help me regarding UH-1 #65-96281 FROM Frank
Dear Tom FROM Mike Perrot
Looking for: insignia signage FROM Jim Godfrey
Tom Kirk FROM John Dexheimer
Hitchhiking on hueys FROM Jack Johnstone
Rotor heads can paddle too! FROM Jim Crigler
Dear Mr. Kirk FROM James "Sneaky" White Jr.
Special flight FROM Wayne Trucke
Aviator content FROM Tom Kirk
Donations FROM Gary Roush


FEATURES:
Have you considered running for the executive counsil of the VHPA? BY Art Price
Peace garden approved for historic Khe Sanh Vietnam Combat Base BY Colby Williamson
Combat Sar
Reflections on a Christmas that was long ago in a land that was far away BY Ed McKee


REUNION:
Welcome to the 34th Reunion of the VHPA BY Mike Law
Getting there and other details BY Mike Law
Quilter's show and tell BY Kathleen Sherfey
VHPA memorial service BY Art Price
Reunion info
Official schedule of events


VHPA CHAPTER ACTIVITIES:
Alamo Chapter BY Chuck Oualline
Georgia Chapter BY Bob Lanzotti
Washington Chapter BY David Saunders
Alaska Chapter BY Lynn Kile
California Chapter North BY Dave Anderson
Florida Chapter BY Dr. Joe Ponds
Michigan Chapter BY Richard Deer
North Alabama Chapter BY Ralph Weber
Old Dominion Chapter BY Don Agren
The Rocky Mountain Chapter and the Helicopter War Museum (HWM) BY Dale House
South Missouri Chapter BY John Wilkinson
So Cal Chapter BY Sven Akesson
Upper Midwest Chapter BY Richard Anderson
Utah Chapter BY Doug Drury


TAPS:
Eldon K. Ball - John A. Carrigan - Hilbert H. Chole - Floyd M. Clifton - Harold R. Fisher - John W. Fust Jr. - Orlando E. Gonzales - Roy L. Henley - John A. Hrubik - John E. Hurley - Leroy E. Jones Jr. - Jack J. King - William C. Kruckemeyer - Steven T. Leask - Francis J Lebda - George C. Martin - Warren H. Mercer - William T. Owen - Robert A. Price - John D. Redmon - Wayne G. Resemius - Patrick Roths - Donald B. Skipper - Richard D. Stone - James H. Chappell - Gary K. Dowler - Gerald Fraioli - Edward L. Horton - John N. Komich - Joseph Pinard - James L. Shanahan - Leigh R. Sprowls - Quincy D. Sittingdown - Rex A. Zachary

BOOK REVIEWS:
Tears Across the Mekonng BY John Penny
They Called it Naked fanny: Helicopter Rescue Missions During the Early Years of the Vietnam War BY John Penny
Vietnam War U.S. Army Helicopter Names Volume 2, Second Edition BY John Penny
Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter610734
Citation
The VHPA Aviator, 999Newsletter610734. No Date, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=999Newsletter610734, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.
Pub Credit Line
999Newsletter610734, Vietnam Center Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University
Added: 29 Mar 2017 [Updated: 12 Dec 2017]

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